Senior Systems Engineering Lead – Triton SEIT

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 192,800 - 289,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Long-Term Incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in San Diego seeks a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to lead the Triton SEIT Development Program, directing a 45‑50 engineer team through requirements, integration, testing, and verification.

You will serve as CAM, manage cost and schedule, and drive continuous process improvements while mentoring engineers and coordinating with IPTs, customers and suppliers to meet contract deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 14+ years of experience, or Master’s with 12+ years, or PhD with 10+ years.
• Experience executing the full systems engineering lifecycle and SETRs.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher with recent update.
• Ability to brief/lead technical discussions with external stakeholders.
• Capability to obtain SAP clearance when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Triton Systems Engineering Development sub-IPT and manage SE tasking.
• Collaborate with Chief Engineer, IPTs, suppliers, customers, and PM to define design vision.
• Drive first-time quality and technical rigor across development efforts.
• Ensure contract deliverables (CDRLs) are timely and complete.
• Act as CAM, managing cost and schedule for a 45–50 EP team.
• Champion continuous process improvement across SE disciplines.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to the team.
• Lead anomaly resolution and manage baseline changes.

Skills

Systems engineering

SETR

EVMS

Team leadership

CAM

Stakeholder briefing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

TeamCenter PLC

JIRA/Confluence

DOORS

Job description

Northrop Grumman in San Diego seeks a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to lead the Triton SEIT Development Program, directing a 45‑50 engineer team through requirements, integration, testing, and verification.

You will serve as CAM, manage cost and schedule, and drive continuous process improvements while mentoring engineers and coordinating with IPTs, customers and suppliers to meet contract deliverables.